Definition of anteater
English to English noun - toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
source: WordNet 3.0 - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
source: WordNet 3.0 - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
source: WordNet 3.0 - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
source: WordNet 3.0 - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
source: WordNet 3.0 - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
source: WordNet 3.0 - One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
source: Webster 1913
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anteater, animater, anther, annotator, aunter, antiar, annotatory, anthracite, another, amateur, anemometer, ammeter, andreaea, anointer, animator, anterior, antartic, antihero, andar, antre
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